Goldfrapp - Utopia

"There's no reason, there's no sense.
I'm not supposed to feel. I forget who I am."

Album: Felt Mountain [Debut album]
Recorded: Wiltshire, England
Genre: Downtempo
Album Release: September 11th 2000
Single Release: October 16th 2000
Length: 4:19
Producer: Will Gregory
Lyrics: Alison Goldfrapp [age 34]
Label: Mute Records

Music video



Live at Somerset House, London

Charts

Spotify: Over 11 million
YouTube Music: Over 4 million

Credits

Cello, double bass, drums, viola, violin

Details

In the documentary 'A Trip to Felt Mountain' Alison Goldfrapp said that

"Utopia’s about genetics and cloning and the idea that – I mean, I’m not saying that this is right, but I’m playing with the idea that if we’re all striving to sort of be perfect and we want other people to look perfect, and we have this sort of body type that we’re supposed to aspire to, basically what I’m saying is that that is a form of fascism.


Alison Goldfrapp interview with X-Ray Magazine Issue 12. (X-Ray Magazine was a UK title produced by radio station Xfm.)

"The original Solaris is typical of a certain type of cinema being made around 67/68: real psychological thrillers. They’re all about the idea of what it means to be human, the struggle of being human and what that is, love and death. All the basics, and usually quite depressing! It’s the quest for what it means to be human and about the idea of memory. It’s almost too difficult. It directly influenced my song “Utopia.” I’m interested in sci-fi and genetics and the idea of immortality. The sea in Solaris is this whole undulating living organism, like a brain. The hero loses his girlfriend. But she takes on another existence. He’s lost in space but he’s also lost in his mind. Everything is an analogy for human emotion. It’s a visual thing. There’s not much action or dialogue. It’s all in the lurking atmosphere."

• The remix version 'Utopia Genetically Enriched' became the first Goldfrapp release to make the UK Singles Chart.

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